Tsugaike Kogen resort review (Otari Village, Nagano)

This was our first time there, and we were pleased to find plenty of runs our 6 yr old could do. There was also a Sun Kids sledding area the 3 year old enjoyed.

The upper mountain had great views, but not much in the way of challenging runs. It also was crowded by about 10am on Saturday morning, with waits of up to 5 minutes (not that bad, I know). Lifts at the top were poorly organized, with 50 people trying to form 2 lines...

Gondola takes a while to get up there-skipped theline at the bottom and jumped on at the mid-point.

A LOT of novice boarders sitting around on the upper slopes, making the mid-level runs hard to navigate.

A good area overall, but too crowded on weekend and condition of snow was more like end of March, not beginning.